US1667193A - Telephone attachment - Google Patents

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April 24, 1928.

E. COL EMAN TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT Filed July 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2 C'ojeman April 24. 1928.

E. COLEMAN TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT I Filed July 2, 192's 2 Shasta-Shea! Qwuwntoz ZZ CQZam am (an emu Patented 'Apr. 24, 1928. i p 1 UNITED STATES -P TEN p I EDwAnn ootnmannor oaxtnnnld g i V i y I rELEPHoNE A'Ji'IlAGiH JlIENTQ i Application filed July 2, 19215 Serial u 41,221;

, This invention relates to pencil holding looking in the directionindicated by the ar attachmentsiortelephones and which may rows. also hold one or more memorandum sheets Figure G is a view similar to Figure 4, or a memorandum pad, and has as one of its illustrating a further modification of the inobjects to provide an attachment of this classf ve'ntionf 1 i which may be readily applied. to any ordi-c fFiguref'Zis a side elevation of themodi finary telephone without any" alteration of the cation shown in Figure f telephone and without the employment of Figure 8 is a plan viewof onecorner of tools of anyv character and which willsupthe blauk from which the attachment shown portthe articles to be held in position for in Figures 6 and 7 is made. most convenient use." In that form oftheinventio'n shown'in Another object oftheinvention istopro- Figures 1, 2 and 3 o fthe drawings, theiat vide an attachment for the purpose stated Y' ath'lncnt Comprises a body "plate 1 whichjs which will not inany Way interfere with the to constitute a heaviest f r the l lELH- use of the telephone in thebrdinary mand um, as will be presently explained, a-ndthis Her d hi h ill be adapt d ti pport plate is formed at its] lower edge and'mid the memorandum pad orfsheets associated W Y bBt-WBBII its end edgeswith a tongue therewith, in such position that it may be P 15 indicated by h numeral 2, which 'most conveniently consulted; a tongue isbent tofextendforwardly at right 20 Another object of theinvention is to so g sm he plane-of theplate 'and 'is construct the deviee'that it,cin itself, will hen efoldedback {uponlitself as at3,"so

' not obstruct or obscure the telephone numas to O a fiat $18GV64 to which'is permaher which is ordinarily located above and in e y an re y p d e in er rear of the mouthpiece of the transmitter ate portion 5 eta spring clampingniember 25 h telephone set, I p which con' prises, in addition to its said in; Another object ofthe invention is to proteln'lediflte PO H, clamping fingers 6 which id an tt h t for'tlie purpose stated extend downwardly and inwardly fromthe which may be formed in its entirety from ends of said portion and toward eachother sheet metal and produced at a low cost, and and I have their 7 lower end portions curved the invention also contemplates so construetg outwardly as at 7 thus adapting the fingers ing the attachment that it will not be liable to be readily fitted over e mouthpiece 8 to become accidentally displaced when once of e m Sm i 0f e l 10 6 11 o ted up th t l phon connection with which the attachment is eni- In the accompanying drawingszf ployechthe rear f e of the plate 1 at such 35 Fi r 1 i perspegtive i f on f time resting, against the forward face of the 0f the attachment embodying the invention, l liillsn'lltter casing and the plate being, in t Figure 2 is a detailvertical front to rear $1113 111 S pp irIliaIl p g P S sectional View throughthe attachment and a iony I c pad supported thereby, themouthpiece. of -111 order that a suitable memorandum the telephone transmitter being shown in pad or memorandum sheets, indicated by the el ti c numeral 9, may be'supported likewise in up Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank'irom right position, by the nttaclnnenhwhere it which the attachment shown in Figures 1 may be most conveniently consulted, the it and 2 is formed. 7 Y a p platel'is formed at itsiopposite lower cor- 45 Figure 4 is a front elevation illustrating ners with narrow strip-like extensions 10 a modified form of the invention. which arebent attheir juncture with the Figure 5 is a vertical front to rear secloweredge'of the'plate to extend in. fajfon a tional view on the line 55 of Figure l, warddirectioh as at 11, and are then bent ,c

as at 12 to provide upwardly extending padclamping fingers 13, the upper ends of which are preferably directed forwardly as indicated by the numeral 14 so as to permit of the meniiorandum pad or sheets being readily slipped into position between the fingers and the 'forward face of the plate 1, where it is retained by the said fingers 13, it being understood that the attachment is to be formed from "resilient sheet metal.

In order that a lead pencil may be sup ported by the attachment in -posi-tion for convenient use, the blank from which the attachment is formed is provided atits lower edge immediately inwardly of the extensions 10, with similar narrow extensions 15 which are bent at then-juncture with the said lower edge of the plate 1, to extend outwardly" or "forwardly from the plane of the plate substantially' horizontally fora distance equal to the length of the bend 11, as indicatedby the numeral 16, and thence bent to extend forwardly and upwardly as at 17, to provide gripping fingers "occupying a plane spaced in advance of the, plane occupied by the fingers '13. As will be observed by reference, to, Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, a lead pencil 18 is adapted to be disposed within theconcavitiesor the fingers 17 and will be t'ictionall-y retained in place, being engagedby these fingers and through their resiliency, held at other points against the forward sides of the fingers 13 near their bends .12. i i i Froni fthe foregoing description of this casing of the telephone set, which holder re-' tains theslip bearing the telephone number. t will be evident that by slightly upwardly displacing the pad; 9, the number mayv be readily exposed to view.

In that form of the invention shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, the attachment comprises a plate 21 correspondin to the plate 1 off the previously described form and constituting a backrest for the memorandum pad, and the said plate 21 is provided with pad gripping fingers 22 correspending to the pad gripping lingers 13' and with fingers; for gripping a pencil corresponding to the fingers 17 Likewise, the plate in this form, is provided with an opening 24 corresponding to the opening 19 in the previously described form. This embodiment of the invention, however, differs from the form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, in the means provided for attaching the plate to and supporting the same upon the mouthpiece of the telephone. In this embodiment, the plate 21 is provided at its lower edge intermediate its ends with an extended portion which is bent to form a sleeve 25 which is open at its upperside and which at its opposite ends and upper edge is formed with overtiu'ned fingers 26 which are thus spaced and which rest against the upper side oi? the mouthpiece 27 of the telephone, the underside of the sleeve 25 at its interi'ncdiate portion, likewise resting upon the upper side of the said mouthpiece. A helical spring 28 hasis intermediate portion fitted into the open upper side ofthe sleeve 25 and thespring is provided at one end with an eye 29, andjat its other end with a hook 30., and in applying the attachment, to themouthpiece of a telephone, the sleeve 25 and its fingers 26 are disposed upon the upper side of the mouthpiece and thespring 28 is stretched and carried about the mouth piece until the ends are brought together,

whereupon the book 30 is engaged in the eye 29 and the attachment is then securely installed in place. inasmuch as the sleeve engages; the upper It will be evident that side of the, mouthpiece and the ends of the two lingers2G'lilrewise engage the mouthpiece at spa'ccdpoints,there ean'be no forward or backward rocking movement-07E the plate 21, particularly in view of the fact that the plate itself rests at its rear side againstthe front of the transmitter casing.

The form of the invention shown in Fig ures ti, 7 and 8 of the. drawings, does not I if.) t)

differ materially from the form shown in" Figures & and 5, and parts in Figures 6, 7 and '8 corresponding to those shown 1n Figures 1 and 5, are designated by like'reierence numerals with the addi'tionoii the sufiiir' a, In this embodiment, however, the fingers 23 which, in the previous embodiment supported the pencil, are replaced by hookshaped fingers 31 which are provided by "forming the plate 21 at its upper corners with lateral extensions joined integrally with the plate as at 33 at their upper end portions, these extensions being folded over against the rear side of the plate and then bent, on a curved, line, upwardly and rearwardly so as to fornrthe'iingers 31. Likewise, in this embodiment of the invention, the spring which is indicated by the numeral 28 is continuous instead of-being pro vided with the coacting connection elements shown in Figure 4 of the drawings, so that by removing the mouthpiece to -t the telephone, the spring may be fitted over the smaller end of the meuthpiece and in this manner the necessity of 'mutiia'lly engaging the connecting elements 29 and 30 of the nally thereof, a resilient clamping member previously described form of the invention compris ng an intermediate portion reta ned is obviated. Within the sleeve and lateral gripping fin- Having thus described theinvention,what gers for embracing the mouthpiece of a 5 I 01211111 is: telephone transmitter to support the plate 15 A pencil and memoranda holding attachin upright position thereon, and pad and ment for telephones comprising a backing pencil holding means upon the plate. 7 plate, a substantially fiat horizontally dis- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. posed sleeve member integral With the lower i I i i r W edge of the plate and extending longitudif EDWVARD COLEMAN. [L.s.]

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